Rate of Netflix Users Sharing Passwords Declines to 11%
The rate of Netflix password sharing is about the same for Disney+, according to a Kagan Consumer Insights survey
Medium-Wave Transmitters Go Dark for Czech Public Service
Český Rozhlas set Dec. 31, 2021, as the “end of broadcasting on medium wave AM.” Czech public service broadcaster Český Rozhlas shuttered three long- and medium-wave services as the calendar turned from 2021 to 2022. Until midnight on Dec. 31, 2021, the broadcaster’s Dvojka channel was heard on 639, 954 and 1332 kHz, and the […]
Many Streaming Service Subs Are Unhappy with the User Experience
Three-in-five complain about the difficulty of finding content on streaming platforms according to an Accenture report that says aggregated services looking more like cable TV may be the future
USSI Global Promotes Amanda Flynn
USSI Global promoted Amanda Flynn to vice president of customer relations and business development. The company is a turnkey provider of network, broadcast and digital signage systems and services. [Related: “USSI Global Supports SES in C-Band Transition”] “Flynn will focus on expanding the manufacturer client base for installation and repair services within the company’s Digital […]
Audacy Podcasts Now on Samsung Platforms
Audacy and Samsung have a new content distribution partnership, making Audacy’s podcast library available on Samsung platforms. “Listeners will be able to hear favorites from Audacy’s market-leading podcast studios including Cadence13, Pineapple Street Studios and 2400Sports, along with hundreds of other Audacy podcast titles from across its large and rapidly-growing network on the Samsung Free […]
FCC Releases Year-End Station Totals
The Federal Communications Commission has released its year-end station totals for 2021. As of Dec. 31, 2021, the number of licenses were as follows, Station type Dec. ’21 Dec. ’20 +/− AM stations 4,509 4,551 −42 FM commercial 6,676 6,699 −23 FM educational 4,204 4,195 +9 FM translators and boosters 8,866 8,420 +446 LPFM 2,069 […]
LeGeyt Takes Charge, Names Leadership Team
Curtis LeGuyt (Photo by Jay Mallin) Curtis LeGeyt is now president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Broadcasters, succeeding Gordon Smith. The transition had been announced last year. Smith moves into an advisory and advocacy role. One of the first changes under LeGeyt is the creation of an NAB chief of staff. […]
Ala. Broadcasters Cancel Annual Conference
The Alabama Broadcasters Association won’t hold their annual conference this month after all. The event was planned for Jan. 21–22. The association is celebrating its 75th anniversary. “With the Covid Omicron variant spreading like wildfire across our state and already having an impact on many of your stations, we believe it is in everyone’s best […]
Joshua King Named President/CEO of Kintronic Labs
Josh (left) and Tom King are shown at a transmitter site in South Korea. The third generation is ready to play a larger role at family-run Kintronic Labs. The firm started to take shape in 1949 when Louis King left the Radio Corporation of America to pursue his own business in RF, and took its […]
Poland Opens Tender for National DAB+ Programs
As 2021 came to a close, KRRiT, the Polish broadcasting regulator, announced plans to tender licenses for a nationwide DAB+ multiplex. The multiplex would support a dozen channels. According to the KRRiT’s announcement, three of the channels will be reserved for public service broadcaster Polskie Radio’s national channels; three will be for nationwide extension of […]